After convincing Apple to support navigation technology NavIC in some new iPhone 15 models, the Union government may mandate manufacturers to embed the homegrown GPS alternative in all smartphones sold in India by 2025.
All 5G phones would be required to support NavIC — or Navigation with Indian Constellation — by January 1, 2025, and other phones by December 2025, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar told The Indian Express Thursday.